WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Taking it Personal in Seattle? 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:08.039 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:18.200 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the player's Lane, 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:23.160 broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:28.040 Now your hosts Barry Church, Danny McCray, and new he 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:37.400 Scrugs Thursday right here, all the players lines brought to 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:39.160 you by Hotels dot Com. I am knw we Scrugs, 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:42.720 a long time Cowboys reporter joining me today. Barry Church, 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:46.640 former Dallas Cowboys safety are the running buddy. Danny McCray 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.880 opportunity leave. His wife gave birth to a beautiful daughter, 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:53.640 so he needs to be spending time wilking acclimating himself 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:57.800 into the girl club. There, Dan, Danny, we love you, 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.480 but stay away the rest of the week and will 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:04.120 make maybe chat with your on Monday. So Church, you 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.679 and I running this thing here Seattle this week. No 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:11.039 twelfth man. I can't tell you how big that is 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:14.000 that there will be no crowd in Seattle because of 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:18.920 the COVID nineteen. And how this isn't a possible advantage 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.120 for the Cowboys. I say it possible because their first 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.399 game of the year was against another NFC West opponent 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.600 in Los Angeles against the Rams. No crowd there. Cowboys 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:30.720 lost by three. But you've played there before. You tell 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:34.600 our Cowboy fans here how tough that atmosphere is with 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:38.600 their crowd, which they call the twelfth Man. Look, I've 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.919 played up there multiple times in Seattle, and I'm telling 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.960 you that twelfth Man, that that crowd noise that comes 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.000 with that stadium, it's real and it's a real advantage 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.000 for Seattle. I mean, when you're going in there, they're 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.560 already a good team to begin with. So when you 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:56.000 go into Seattle, you first you pull in, you're coming 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.720 through the city. You know, you got Russell Wilson jerseys 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.600 all over the city, got people, get fans yelling and screaming, 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:05.200 So the atmosphere is already hyped up pulling into Seattle. 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:06.880 Then you go through the tunnels and you get to 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.320 the locker room, and when you come out on the field. 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:13.000 Their stadium is built kind of like it's very vertical. 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.120 So when you come out onto the field, it feels 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.000 like the fans and everybody, even the people that are 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.200 way up in the nosebleed seats, it feels like they're 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.320 just sitting right on top of you and it no 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:24.160 matter where you go, you just hear this sound. It's hummed, 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.079 this vibration, just this kind of electric coming from that 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.040 stands and that twelfth man. So once Seattle gets it going, 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.880 and once they start rolling and Russell Wilson's cooking up 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.359 as he usually does, I mean that that fan base 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.040 gets loud, and it gets loud in a hurry. So 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.480 I say it's an advantage. It's advantage for the for Seattle, 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.000 but not having fans could be an advantage for Dallas. 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:46.679 I mean, when you're going out there, you don't have 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.200 to worry about that twelfth man screaming all over the place. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:51.200 You can get into your cadence. You can try to 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:54.280 get into your hard account and try to gain a 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.359 few yards by bringing one of them off sides, or 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.919 you can go through your communication with your receivers or 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.400 you're running back and vice versa. The defense can go 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.040 through their communication with the secondary and the linebackers in 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.600 the D line when there's not that amazing crowd and 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.160 know what's going on. So the Cowboys, you know, they 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.079 got kind of lucky going up to Seattle this time 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.760 with no fans, and hopefully they can take advantage of it. 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.640 So Church, give me your top three venues to play 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:22.440 in where the crowd was really a factor. Top three venues, 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.680 I'm gonna have to say in no particular order. Um, 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.280 Seattle's definitely up there. I mean I just explained how 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.640 they how they're kind of on top of you with that, 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:34.120 with that vertical stadium. Um, I gotta go with Philly 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.760 as well. Philly, it's just the nastiness just when you 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.200 go in there, just fans just saying all types of 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.640 stuff and just I mean it's it's just a real 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.040 gritty rivalry. So the so that stadium right there, just 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.360 the fans just kind of they can overwhelm you if 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.160 you're getting beat down by Philly over there. And lastly, 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.240 I gotta say it's not as big as known as 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.840 you know, Seattle or Philly. But Tennessee. I mean I 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:00.280 played in there a couple of times when I was 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.880 in Jacksonville, and that was a big rivalry in that 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.440 AFC South. So the fans from Tennessee get really hyped 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:10.000 when when they go against Jacksonville. And when I was there, Unfortunately, 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.720 you know, Tennessee kind of had a strangle hold on 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.440 us in that division. So their fans were really hyped 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:17.760 every time we went up there. But those three stadiums 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:19.840 to me, I mean, the fans definitely a play a 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:24.560 role in the game, all right. So this is a 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:29.000 Seattle team that is rolling on offense. We've talked about that. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:34.560 But from a defensive standpoint, Danny, they're not I mean, Dan, Barry, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.200 they're not real good. And this is where I would 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.320 love to get Danny's opinion, because you know, Danny's always 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.640 that contrarian. You know, he's the contrarian of the show. 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.080 You know, if we see he comes out and he 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:46.680 got to go say that. So so I'm when the 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:48.400 role he's out to you, all right, Barry, So you 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.960 just give me your thoughts on this. Seattle's defense is 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:56.760 allowing a league high five hundred and eighty five yards, 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.520 all right. They are giving up the most explosive plays 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:03.880 in the National Football League with forty seven. They define 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:08.360 explosive plays by ten yards or more. The Cowboys lead 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.600 the NFL with forty one explosive plays. Now, I would 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.360 expect Danny to just poop poo on this, But right now, 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:18.320 when I see this, when I see these numbers, I 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:23.200 say to myself, Okay, you had Matt ryanthrow for four 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.200 hundred yards on them. Now they were behind, but still 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.480 they gave it up. And then you had Cam Newton. 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.919 Cam Newton is not known for four hundred yard days. 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.640 He had three ninety eight, so he had almost four 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:39.040 hundred yards of passing here. So if I'm the Cowboys offense, 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:44.000 despite how dreadful they were against Atlanta in that first quarter, 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:48.719 I look at this matchup and say, Okay, we could 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.360 do something. If we don't shoot ourselves in the foot, 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.640 they can put up points on this group. Yeah, I mean, 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.680 like Danny would say, you know, he would poop pooh 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.200 all over that talk about garbage yards and all different 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.200 types of stuff. But yeah, I agree with you. I 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.680 agree with you, knew we I mean, this defense can 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.000 be taken advantage of. We're seeing what um Atlanta with 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:09.760 the Atlanta Falcons were able to do in that Week 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.960 one matchup. Granted they were down and you know, Seahawks 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:14.840 might have been playing a little pre event there, but 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.600 they were still getting being up those huge explosive plays. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.159 And then to your point last week against Cam Newton, 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.560 Now this is a guy who's who's never gonna be 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:25.880 mistaken for Pat Mahomes when it comes to being able 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.040 to throw the ball over the yard. But um, he 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:29.600 went out there and I think he threw for what 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:31.680 like three hundred and some three forty something like that 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:37.200 and a couple of touchdowns, had eight exactly three ninety 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:40.080 eight against this Seattle defense, who we all know they're 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.160 not the legion of Boom, but we didn't think they 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.719 were going to come into the season like this, and um, 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:46.960 Cam Newton was able to pick him apart. I mean, 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.160 and it's not like, you know, Cam Newton's out there 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:52.320 with Randy Moss, Jerry Bryce and somebody else at the slot. 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.240 He went out there with I think the Marius Bird, Um, 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.880 Nikel Harry beat up Julian Edelman, um. And you know, 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:00.400 he had a couple of guys that tight in. But 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:01.960 he was able to go out there and throw for 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.560 almost four hundred yards. So with that, you know, with 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.919 that skill set and with that group of receivers that 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.040 he had, and he was able to do that, I 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.440 can only imagine, you know, the ceiling for Dak Prescott 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.120 and these boys has got to be high, because, in 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.960 my opinion, Dak Prescott is a much better thrower of 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.880 the football than Cam Newton. So, and he has a 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.960 much better, you know, a much better core of receivers 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:26.679 with you know, was it Michael Gallup? You know Cooper 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.240 and then you got the young rookie over there, Ceedee Lamb. 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.800 So I think, like the weapons for Dak Prescott are 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.160 way better than Cam Newton had, and he was able 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.480 to do that. So I don't see why this offense 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.800 can't produce high, high numbers against this defense. If that 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:43.880 offensive line is able to hold up against against Seattle's I, 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.360 like many many people in the media, you spend so 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.320 much time covering the team you're covered, you focus on 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.840 them that you don't really look wide across the league 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:54.480 and look at what everyone else has and get that 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:57.160 wide view. So when I started looking at the game 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:00.800 notes and looking into the numbers here Church, I'm sitting 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:04.360 here myself saying, wait a minute, Okay, this Cowboys offense 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:07.280 better than I'm thinking. Also, the Seattle defense, while they're 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.080 two and oh, they definitely have some wards. Here here's 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.680 some more Seattle number six point eight yards. The Seattle 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.560 d is giving up six point eight yards per attempt 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.520 on first down. That's twenty seventh in the NFL, and 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.840 on the flip side, the Cowboy offense is averaging six 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.320 point six yards on first down seventh in the NFL. 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:30.520 We spoke about trying to make sure you gain time 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:34.319 of possession, and we talked about running Ezekie Elliott. If 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:39.120 the Cowboys can win first down, that's your better opportunity 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.760 to convert third downs and also move the football to 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.719 keep your defense off the field. So knowing that this 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.080 is a kind of yardage they're giving up on first down, 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.199 six point eight, Barry, if you're a coordinator, do you 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.920 attack them more with the run or the past? How 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:54.760 do you go about trying to you know, get these 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.720 yards on first down? To me? And it falls right 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:02.000 into the lapse of Ezekiel Elliott. I mean, yeah, they're 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:03.960 getting you know, they're giving up all these passing yards. 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.400 But I still feel like the engine of this offense 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:08.800 is Zeki Elliott. And if they're giving up six point 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.560 eight yards on first down, I mean, if we're able 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.560 to get that run going, and even if we're only 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.360 averaging four four and a half yards to carry, that 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:20.040 makes third down so much more manageable and so much 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.440 easier to call. I mean, you got when it's third 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.679 and five or third and four, you're eight, you got 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.720 your whole playbook in front of you, versus whether it's 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.560 third and ten and to third to fifteen, you gotta 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:31.319 pretty much condense it and say, ah, I won't do 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.760 We'll play the field position battle. But if they're able 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.520 to do that, if they're able to get Zeke going 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.280 and he's averaging four to five yards a pop, I mean, 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.040 it's basically pick your poison out there. Do you get 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:43.079 do we get hit with Zeke for five on first down? 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.720 Or do we get hit with CD Gallop, Shoultz, you know, 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.320 Cooper out there for five. I mean it's it's basically 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.400 pick your poison. So I feel like we have to 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:55.040 develop this run. We have to first down, let them go, 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.120 set the tone to a we're coming down your throat 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.360 with Ezekiel Elliott, and then after that we should be 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:02.160 able to pick our poison. But to me, it all 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:06.240 starts with the run game. I'm gonna stay with the 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.720 run game, but I'm going to switch it a little 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.600 bit more and say, if they're giving up that kind 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:16.280 of yardage, what about some screen passes to Zeke. I mean, 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.679 I'm thinking to myself. All right, yeah, I can run it, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.760 but also mixing some I mean, I don't think that 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.880 Jason Garrett got enough out of Ezekie Elliott the pass 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:27.720 game during his tenure. I would love to see them 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:32.480 do that. M Seattle did that with Chris Carson, especially 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.920 in the Atlanta game, ended up with two touchdowns. But 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.640 I just think that this is a real good opportunity 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.920 trying to spread the Seahawks defense out. Okay, spread their 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:46.640 defense out, and let's figure out a way get Zeke 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.760 the ball. And if you're running some basically some wires 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:53.400 you know, receiving from running back screens and some bubbles, 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.640 get this guy out here. And also we know they 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.240 got some good linebackers and Bobby Wagner and kJ right, 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.760 but test them. Test these guys. Put Zeke out here 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:05.880 on the wheel route. Let's see if they can sit 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:11.080 up here and go with them. I mean, look, kJ right, good, Bobby, Bobby, 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:12.480 one of them. You talk about a guy putting together 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:16.280 a whole of fame, resume fun, he's phenomenal. Let me 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:20.120 test my guy against your guy, because I got a 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.760 feeling Ezekiel Elliott is gonna be able to win his 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.680 fair share of battles here. I really would love to 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.440 see them get Zeke involved in that passing game on 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.680 first down and also mix in and some runs. But 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:32.560 they got to vary it here. You know, you can't 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:34.719 just do the same old things that Seattle deep and 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:36.480 self clue and ain't know on that. So that's what 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.080 I'm thinking that I'm hoping that you see some of 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.559 that on first downs here for the Cowboys. Yeah, you 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:47.160 can't go out there and just basically telegraph everything you're 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:48.840 about to do. I think I think you have a 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.840 good point in there by saying, you know, you you 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:52.640 mix up a little bit of a bubble screens, you 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.720 mix up a little bit of screens. But Ezekiel Elliott, 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:56.719 because that's that's a great formula to have, and I 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.360 feel like that's what the formula we had back in 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.199 twenty fourteen when we went against those guys. And also 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.199 I think that's the formula they had when they won 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:05.520 that playoff game. I believe it was twenty seventeen or 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.319 maybe eighteen, when the Cowboys play Seattle in the wildcard 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.000 and had won that playoff game. That was a similar 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.400 formula they had. They ran the ball well, they were 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:15.520 able to get the ball to multiple receivers, and then 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.679 they had a lateral game as well. They weren't all 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.439 just throwing shots down the middle of the field in 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.319 big time vertical passing game. They had some lateral game 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.800 to them, and it kind of kept that that Seattle 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.520 defense off balance. It's similar to what the Rams did 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.280 to us in the first game. I mean they kept 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.640 us off balance. They threw they threw bubble screens, they 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:35.760 threw you know, quick hitters and three step drops, and 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.120 it kept us extremely off balance and it didn't let 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.520 us use our aggressiveness against them. So I agree with you. 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:43.319 I think we need to keep them off balance, and 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.400 I think our best bet is with the run and 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.200 also trickling some players here and there to keep them 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:49.920 off balance. But we got to do whatever we can 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.880 keep this defense off the field. You spoke about the 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:57.800 playoff game. That was January fifth, twenty nineteen. It was 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:02.679 a twenty four card win with Dak Prescott quarterback in 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.440 the Cowboys against Russell Wilson. Now, the last time the 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:09.400 Cowboys played up in Seattle, they lost twenty four to thirteen. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:14.600 That was September twenty third of twenty eighteen, Dallas, four 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:18.320 and five all time Church up here in Seattle. So 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.240 I'm writing as I'm writing the notes down and I'm saying, oh, Camp, 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.679 feeling a little bit better than I did coming out 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.080 of the Atlantic and thinking about Seattle and just thinking, 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.400 my gosh, you know, here, Seattle's was rust clearly a 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.720 MVP candidate right now. Maybe this team is better than 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:35.480 you know, you know, could be playing with Super Bowl. 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.720 But I start looking at the defense, I say, they've 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:39.800 really got some of the same issues that the Cowboys have. 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.640 Their defense is not where it needs to be, and 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:46.079 you gotta get that fixed. Bruce Irvin, one of their 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:50.080 defensive ends, out for the year, and Vincent Mayo he 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:52.679 may not play. He's on the injury list, so it's 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:55.319 another win over the d lineman. He's on the injury list, 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.800 so we'll see exactly where he is right now. The 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:01.400 leading sack master on the team is Jamal Adams, the safety. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.200 So up front, Seattle's having their own issues. I went 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.160 back and started looking at the run numbers here. So 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:11.520 when you talk about total defense in rush defense, Seattle 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.280 is second in the league, but when it comes to 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.520 pass defense, they're dead last at thirty two, given up 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:23.200 four hundred fifteen yards in the air. So I'm feeling 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.960 better and I think Cowboy fans should feel a little 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.240 bit better. On the flip side, We're gonna take a 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.240 break when we come back. 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Danny's wife had a beautiful baby this week, 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.800 so they are enjoying their first child and making all 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:41.199 those new adaptions to life, because life will never be 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:44.600 the same as you well know Burried Church Girl, Dub 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.040 Claub as well, the Girl Dad Club as well. It's 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.600 just it's just different. You know, they're gonna go home 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:54.560 and they're bringing someone in. You know, this is bringing 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:59.359 someone in the house. Um, let me ask, did you 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:01.639 have a dog when you brought home your your first baby? 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:03.680 Did you have a dog? Oh? Yeah, we had a Yeah, 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.320 we had a chocolate lab named Cocoa when we had 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:10.320 brought our kid back. How did the dog? How did 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:15.639 Coco adapt to the baby we had brought back? So 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:18.560 first we brought back, like I had came back from 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.720 the hospital with a blanket that our baby was Jordan 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.560 was was wrapped in and let her smell it and 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:26.760 all that stuff. And then when we came in. She's 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.119 a real kind of calm, kind of chill dog to 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.080 begin with, So she just came in, smelled him a 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.160 couple of times, licked them. There was something like nervous. 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:36.280 She chewed on her paws a little bit from the 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.679 first couple a couple of days, But after that, I 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:40.800 mean she just kind of kind of kind of got 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:43.000 along with them. And then after a while he started 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:44.919 feeding her foods off his plate. You know how babies 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:46.719 are when you're eating her all messy, throwing food all 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:48.560 over the place. So she loved them for that. And 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:52.440 ever since then, man, they've been best friends. Yeah. I'll 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.679 always remember we brought our kid home and there our 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.679 dog Macy, and she's just sniffing the baby, putting the 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:02.879 bathroom and became the you know, the the guardian became 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.520 the guardian. So if my wife was out walking the 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:08.600 dog and somebody got near the baby and my wife, 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:11.080 that dog with growl. She would growl because you know, 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:13.080 she was a girl dog. It was just very protective. 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:16.320 So that that was kind of cool. So, um, I'm 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.240 happy for the mccraze. So it's a great yeah. Yeah, 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:21.600 And uh, we don't want to see him back on 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:25.159 the shoulders week church in my boyhood and and and 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:29.920 we can handle this business hand. So let's sto. Let's 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:32.840 let's jump into the defense here. Um, we give you 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.280 up the latest on injuries. Uh, Trevon Diggs dealing with 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:40.879 the shoulder. Was that the open, open portion of practice? Um? 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:43.080 And then we'll find out later on if he went 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:46.600 through full practice. Thank Lawrence. UM, just checking out my 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:49.679 notes right here. He was on the field for the 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:53.880 open portion. He's dealing with the knee, so we'll see exactly, 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:56.200 you know, if he gets a full participant in practice 0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:58.760 later on to day when the practice report comes out. 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:01.880 And then just his ability. So you've got those two 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:03.879 things the Cowboys are dealing with. Oh, by the way, 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:07.760 Cheeto Wuzier case anybody didn't know, was ruled out of 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:11.640 multiple weeks by Mike McCarthy yesterday. He's dealing with a hamstring. 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:15.960 And here's what I found pretty interesting for the Mike 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:19.480 McCarthy press conference today Church and that's where Mike says 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:22.640 that they needed to simplify the defense, and he said, 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:27.920 quote cut the volume back, meaning Mike Nolan's got too 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.679 much in his defense that these guys are not processing. 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:34.600 Two weeks in and they're finally talking about it. And 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:37.720 I give Danny mccraig credit. He said this was the 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:41.320 issue a couple of years ago when Rob Ryan came 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:43.800 in and tried to put in all these complexities of 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:48.880 his defense and it wasn't good. Mike Nolan didn't have OTAs, 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:50.960 he didn't have a mini camp, he didn't have a 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:53.640 full training camp. To put in his defense. And right 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:57.119 now we're seeing dudes think there's too much in the 0:20:57.200 --> 0:21:01.160 playbook your thoughts. Yeah, I gotta give credit to Danny 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:03.679 on this one. Man, he was right the right on 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:05.080 the button with this one. And it was a couple 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:08.280 of weeks back. I mean, when you don't have OTAs 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.040 and when you don't have mini camp and your training 0:21:11.080 --> 0:21:14.119 camp is abbreviated with no you know, preseason games, it 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:16.840 gets kind of hard, especially with a whole new defensive 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:20.080 system coming in, with new terminology. We were throwing it 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:21.440 back and forth if we didn't know they were gonna 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:23.760 go three four or four to three. You had a 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:25.959 couple of guys switching positions out there, So it can 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:28.399 be hard, and especially with a defense like Mike Nolan's 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:31.000 who is pretty complex with it. So um, I mean, 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.040 and you gotta you gotta listen to your players. I mean, 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:34.760 because those are the guys that are on the field. 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:36.760 So if the players are saying, hey, we need to 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:39.160 dial it back a little bit, we need to get 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:41.160 the terminology down a little bit so we can get 0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:44.040 a better understanding, I think that'll pay off dividends, because 0:21:44.680 --> 0:21:46.399 if you're a defensive player, and you're going out on 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:48.679 that field and you're thinking too much. If you're if 0:21:48.680 --> 0:21:50.560 you're on the field saying, man, do I gotta I 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:52.679 got three vertical? Or do I gotta push through the 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:54.840 flat on this one? Or man, is it my turn 0:21:54.880 --> 0:21:58.080 of bliss? You're gonna play extremely slow out there, and 0:21:58.359 --> 0:22:00.440 it's been looking that way with this cowboy defense the 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:02.640 first couple of weeks. So if they're able to dial 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:05.240 it down a little bit, allow your players to play 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:07.760 fast without even thinking, just knowing, Bam, I got this, 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:09.520 or Bam, I gotta lock this guy up, or I 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:12.679 gotta hit this run gap, then it'll allow those players 0:22:12.680 --> 0:22:15.200 to just use their talents instead of just thinking about 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:17.359 it too much and slowing them down. They'll use their talents. 0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:19.320 They'll go out there and they'll play a lot faster, 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:21.880 and I promise you you'll have a better result if 0:22:21.880 --> 0:22:24.440 that's the case. So I agree with Jalen and those 0:22:24.440 --> 0:22:26.840 boys if it's if it's too much the coordinator by 0:22:26.920 --> 0:22:28.879 knowling in this instance, he gotta listen to his players 0:22:28.880 --> 0:22:30.480 because they're the ones that are on the field getting 0:22:30.480 --> 0:22:32.440 the work done. So he got to dial it back. 0:22:32.480 --> 0:22:34.199 You can't just go out there and have your players 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:36.440 thinking way too much because they'll play slow and they'll 0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:40.960 play will be affected. Everson Griffin told the media that 0:22:41.000 --> 0:22:43.360 he's a three point stance guy. We've seen the Cowboys 0:22:43.359 --> 0:22:45.560 trying to mix in some three four principles versus the 0:22:45.640 --> 0:22:48.600 four to three. Lawrence's best years have come with his 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:51.560 hand in the dirt, same with Everson Griffin, and so 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:56.720 apparently the conversations have been, do you try and just 0:22:56.880 --> 0:22:58.880 go back to that four to three, do what your 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:01.680 guys do best instead of you trying to fit your 0:23:01.720 --> 0:23:04.520 scheme them, you know them, fit your skin, maybe you 0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:07.280 figure of what they do because right now you start 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:09.560 looking at the stats here, the Cowboys have two sacks 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:14.560 and seven quarterback hits and they've got just fourteen quarterback pressures, 0:23:14.800 --> 0:23:18.199 which is tied for twentieth in the NFL. They're not 0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:21.560 where they need to be. And if you can't get 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:25.000 to Matt Ryan, but just one time, good luck dealing 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:28.679 with Russell Wood, because he's a whole different animal. And 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:31.600 they only got to Jared Golf of the Rams one time. 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:34.560 And we saw both of those quarterbacks, by the way, 0:23:34.960 --> 0:23:37.960 use their ability on third downs with their legs to 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:41.560 pick them up, So yeah, yeah, there's some issues here man. 0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:44.479 Oh yeah. I mean, and look, they need to do 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:47.800 whatever they need possible to generate a rush. I don't 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:49.879 care if they got to stand on their hands and 0:23:49.960 --> 0:23:52.200 do backflips to get to the quarterback. Whatever they got 0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:55.000 to do. They got to figure out some to generate 0:23:55.119 --> 0:23:57.399 some type of pass for us because we just haven't 0:23:57.400 --> 0:24:00.720 been seeing it lately. And if it takes going back 0:24:00.760 --> 0:24:02.800 to what they're comfortable with in the three point stands, 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:05.640 which I always thought that was confusing for a defensive 0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:07.520 lineman in a stand up position. I mean, if you're 0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:09.960 in the three four, I can understand that because you're 0:24:10.119 --> 0:24:11.760 half of the time you're buzzing out to the flat, 0:24:11.800 --> 0:24:13.600 so you got to kind of be up right. But 0:24:13.680 --> 0:24:15.280 if you're in the four three and you're a defensive 0:24:15.359 --> 0:24:17.640 end handing the dirt man, because you're starting off low, 0:24:17.680 --> 0:24:20.240 your get off is already low and that gives you 0:24:20.240 --> 0:24:23.320 an advantage over that the offensive lineman. So if they 0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:25.360 got to do that to get that whatever they need 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:27.480 to do to get back to getting that pass for 0:24:27.560 --> 0:24:30.120 us going, they have to get it done. If that's 0:24:30.160 --> 0:24:32.720 three point stands, then let it be three point stands 0:24:32.720 --> 0:24:35.520 whatever they're comfortable with, to just get after the quarterback. Man, 0:24:35.520 --> 0:24:37.520 that's the only thing I need this defensive line to do. 0:24:39.920 --> 0:24:42.040 When you say get after the quarterback. And I'm thinking 0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:44.080 of your Jacksonville teams that you played one or you 0:24:44.119 --> 0:24:47.159 guys ruled the sacks there. When you face someone like 0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:50.560 Russell Wilson, is it the same type of mentality about 0:24:50.600 --> 0:24:54.439 sacks or is it more about trying to contain because 0:24:54.480 --> 0:24:57.119 you know he can such a weapon. How do you 0:24:57.240 --> 0:25:00.360 view sacks when you face a guy like this, Oh, 0:25:00.400 --> 0:25:04.040 without a doubt, it's gonna be contained. He's not like 0:25:04.080 --> 0:25:06.280 a statue back there. He's not a Tom Brady or 0:25:06.640 --> 0:25:09.720 Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger guys that are just kind 0:25:09.720 --> 0:25:12.199 of statue guys back there. This guy can move and 0:25:12.200 --> 0:25:14.520 he can move the pocket. And if you're going out 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.760 there thinking, oh I can take this inside release, give up, 0:25:17.760 --> 0:25:20.200 contain because I'll be able to chase him down. And 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:22.120 that's called hero ball and I don't get you beat. 0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:25.600 So if you're if you're a defensive lineman in this situation, 0:25:26.280 --> 0:25:28.119 I know I say get after the quarterback, that you 0:25:28.200 --> 0:25:30.560 gotta do it smartly. If you're a defensive end, and 0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:33.439 you have contained get as much pass rush as you 0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:36.800 can while still keeping that leverage outside because once he 0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:39.480 gets outside, once he uses that patent it spin out 0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:42.359 technique that he uses and gets out of the pocket, 0:25:42.920 --> 0:25:44.919 all bets are offed in. I mean the way this 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:48.399 offense works with locket with metcalf, I mean they can 0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:51.080 go deep shots at I mean, it's just you just 0:25:51.119 --> 0:25:53.040 can't do it. So you have to kick this guy 0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:55.520 contained make him play from the pocket. I know he 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:57.280 can do that. He's a good enough quarterback to be 0:25:57.320 --> 0:25:59.560 able to play from the pocket. But if you can 0:25:59.600 --> 0:26:01.919 dish that pocket, do not give him run lanes. I 0:26:01.960 --> 0:26:05.000 think you'll have a better shot at defending Russell Wilson 0:26:05.080 --> 0:26:06.680 and just getting your hands up. I mean, this guy 0:26:06.760 --> 0:26:08.840 isn't you know a six five six eight quarterback or 0:26:08.840 --> 0:26:11.520 six five six six quarterback back there. He's not um, 0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:14.120 you know Tom bradyer or Matt Ryan back there. He's 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:15.800 a he's a shorter guy, he's a he's a breeze 0:26:15.800 --> 0:26:18.040 type guy. So if you can get that front push 0:26:18.240 --> 0:26:21.000 and you can keep containing your front interior part of 0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:23.160 your defensive line can get that push, make it hard 0:26:23.200 --> 0:26:24.960 for him to see over. I think you have pretty 0:26:25.000 --> 0:26:27.679 much you'll have some success against him, but you gotta 0:26:27.800 --> 0:26:31.920 keep him contained. All right, Let's step back here into 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:35.920 the offense. Amari Cooper, who had a hundred yard game 0:26:35.920 --> 0:26:39.600 against Atlanta, said that going into that game he had 0:26:39.600 --> 0:26:41.840 foot issues. He had an issue with it, and he 0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:44.960 says he's fine, And what he did say was quote 0:26:45.320 --> 0:26:48.600 wasn't at full speed against Atlanta. So he says he's 0:26:48.600 --> 0:26:53.520 ready to go full speed against the Seattle Seahawks. And 0:26:53.680 --> 0:26:56.160 to me, when you look at the fact that Seattle's 0:26:56.200 --> 0:26:58.719 dead last in passing, if Amari Cooper could get one 0:26:58.760 --> 0:27:01.000 hundred yard last week and he wasn't ready to go, 0:27:01.640 --> 0:27:04.080 you gotta you have to feel good if we take 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:05.920 him at his word that he's ready to go here. 0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:09.480 Because if he is better than he was last week 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:12.080 and we saw Ceede Lamb get a hundred, I gotta 0:27:12.119 --> 0:27:14.879 believe this will be the Michael Gallup breakout game because 0:27:14.920 --> 0:27:17.760 Seattle can't. I mean, somebody's gonna get some one on 0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:20.679 one here and this might be that week for Michael Gallup. 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:22.239 And if you've got your fantasy team and you've had 0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:24.600 Gallup there and you've been waiting and waiting, waiting, this 0:27:24.720 --> 0:27:27.080 might be it, This might be that week for guy. 0:27:27.119 --> 0:27:30.760 I'm calling it right now. Michael is the receipt. Michael 0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:33.320 Gallup is the guy with the big plays this week. 0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:35.639 He's the guy you're gonna look at and say, okay, okay, 0:27:35.760 --> 0:27:38.760 I mean, if you're gonna have anybody match Tyler Lockett, 0:27:39.119 --> 0:27:41.160 because Tyler can you know, he can make some explosive 0:27:41.160 --> 0:27:43.119 plays in his number four Cowboys past two times he 0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:45.399 played is really good. It's got to be Gallop in 0:27:45.400 --> 0:27:47.800 my opinion, take advantage of the one on one matchup 0:27:47.840 --> 0:27:50.840 because I also believe that Pete Carroll's and Ken Norton 0:27:50.840 --> 0:27:52.680 gona dial up some bullets. They're gonna try and get 0:27:52.720 --> 0:27:55.879 after that with this offensive line. So I think Gallup 0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:57.720 can be that guy that when they got to cut 0:27:57.760 --> 0:27:59.800 a couple of hot routes out here look for thirteen 0:28:00.040 --> 0:28:05.040 Your thoughts, Yeah, I think, you know, for me, Gallup 0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:07.160 could be that guy because I'm sure Cooper's gonna get 0:28:07.160 --> 0:28:09.840 a lot of attention. But first let me talk about Cooper. 0:28:11.200 --> 0:28:13.159 Hopefully you know it was you know, it was just 0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:14.879 a foot issue, and he's able to get over that 0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:17.680 and he's not reverting back to that last year where 0:28:17.680 --> 0:28:20.040 he was, you know, a missing person for away games. 0:28:20.080 --> 0:28:22.679 Because we need this guy to show up immensely for 0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:25.439 this game. So hopefully he doesn't, you know, pull this 0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:27.800 missing guy routine when he goes to away games. But 0:28:28.160 --> 0:28:31.480 you could be right about this Gallup situation. Seeing as 0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:33.640 though Pete Curls gonna dial up a lot of blitzes. 0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:36.240 With this patchwork offensive line that we have going on here, 0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:39.440 this could be a great situation for Gallup, who's great 0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:42.240 at winning those fifty fifty jump type balls. If we 0:28:42.240 --> 0:28:43.760 could throw up a couple of those to him and 0:28:43.800 --> 0:28:45.680 get in I'm sure he won't be going against their 0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:48.240 top corner who I think I believe it's Shaquill Griffith. 0:28:48.400 --> 0:28:50.840 He shouldn't be going against him, So he should have 0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:53.520 a pretty good opportunity against Dumbar over there for those 0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:56.000 fifty fifty balls. But for me, I think this is 0:28:56.040 --> 0:28:58.680 going to be another game where Ceedee Lamb takes that 0:28:58.840 --> 0:29:01.440 next step. I mean we saw last week where or 0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:03.120 the first week where he had a couple of catches 0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:06.080 but they limited they limited his yards after the catch 0:29:06.120 --> 0:29:07.920 against the Rams, I mean, he was getting tossed around 0:29:07.920 --> 0:29:09.600 here as soon as he caught the ball. The very 0:29:09.640 --> 0:29:11.920 next week in Atlanta, you saw a tick in a 0:29:12.000 --> 0:29:14.719 tick up in that yards after catch Ram and he 0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:16.479 was able to make asthmus. He was able to kick 0:29:16.560 --> 0:29:18.800 some yards after those catch, and I think this third 0:29:18.800 --> 0:29:20.880 week is a week for CD to do that as well. 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:23.520 I mean, you have those two corners on the outside 0:29:23.560 --> 0:29:26.520 and on the interior we saw. I mean Jamal Adams 0:29:26.680 --> 0:29:28.480 he's in on that interior coverage as well, and he's 0:29:28.520 --> 0:29:31.480 not the best cover safety there is, so when it 0:29:31.520 --> 0:29:33.920 comes to interior coverage, I think CD Lamb can take 0:29:33.960 --> 0:29:35.600 advantage of this and I think he'll be able to 0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:37.800 get a lot of more yards after the catch and 0:29:37.840 --> 0:29:40.840 hopefully this Cowboys offense can roll up the numbers against 0:29:40.880 --> 0:29:44.560 the Seattle defense. All right, let me defend Amari Cooper 0:29:44.840 --> 0:29:49.240 because you go back, let's look at the first game 0:29:49.280 --> 0:29:52.800 of the year, road game against the La Rams. Ten catches, 0:29:53.080 --> 0:29:57.920 eighty one yards. Yeah, I get it. He you know, 0:29:57.960 --> 0:29:59.960 he had his receptions, but I feel like there was 0:30:00.160 --> 0:30:02.400 no impact there. I mean it was I feel like 0:30:02.440 --> 0:30:04.760 it was it was ten maybe ten hitches he caught 0:30:04.760 --> 0:30:06.520 out there for eight yards if I mean, it was 0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:10.720 no real impact like we saw against Atlanta when he 0:30:10.760 --> 0:30:13.200 had that fifty some yard in the middle of the field, 0:30:13.240 --> 0:30:15.680 or when he had those big time catches. So my 0:30:15.760 --> 0:30:17.520 first game, I'll give it to he played a little 0:30:17.560 --> 0:30:19.880 bit better than he did in years past in away games. 0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:22.360 But I just need that impact that he has in 0:30:22.440 --> 0:30:24.320 home games in away games as well. I need him 0:30:24.360 --> 0:30:28.840 to be that complete receiver. Okay, so last week six catches, 0:30:28.880 --> 0:30:34.280 one hundred yards, so four less catches, but yeah, twenty 0:30:34.360 --> 0:30:37.400 one more yards, so so I mean nineteen more yards. 0:30:37.440 --> 0:30:43.080 So to me, the performances are basically a little even now. 0:30:43.160 --> 0:30:45.760 I didn't dive into you know, how many of those 0:30:45.800 --> 0:30:48.760 balls were moving the sticks, you know, and and I 0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:51.920 don't know how explosed to the plays were. But I 0:30:51.960 --> 0:30:55.040 don't feel like Amari Cooper these first two games is 0:30:55.080 --> 0:31:00.720 a problem. I think they're fun. Is he DK Metcalf? No? No, 0:31:00.960 --> 0:31:04.960 DK Metcalf is playing really well. He's playing back. But 0:31:05.160 --> 0:31:07.840 right now, there're not many receivers who are connected with 0:31:07.880 --> 0:31:10.720 their quarterback like that. But I don't have any issues 0:31:10.840 --> 0:31:14.160 with him. Look, he's earnings one hundred million dollars. He's 0:31:14.200 --> 0:31:16.400 earning his one hundred million dollars. When I look at 0:31:16.440 --> 0:31:18.080 the other one hundred million dollars guy on the team 0:31:18.120 --> 0:31:21.480 right now, Tank Lords he's earning his one hundred million dollars. 0:31:22.320 --> 0:31:26.280 Tank has not had a full sack since Week eight 0:31:26.640 --> 0:31:35.560 of last year. That's not going Yeah, that's that's full sack. Man. 0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:39.280 This is not what you paid for when you accept 0:31:39.400 --> 0:31:41.680 that bag. And this is where Danny's not around here, 0:31:41.720 --> 0:31:43.720 because Danny always wanted to argue with me about this. 0:31:44.080 --> 0:31:46.520 When you take the bag, I geed you to put 0:31:46.600 --> 0:31:50.640 up the numbers. That's it. That's the name of the 0:31:50.720 --> 0:31:53.880 game guy, right Tank's not been Aaron Donald asked for 0:31:53.880 --> 0:31:55.800 the bag. They gave Aaron Donald the bag. And what 0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:57.760 we see week one, look and look what he did. 0:31:58.400 --> 0:32:01.000 He was he was throwing Zeke into that, he was 0:32:01.040 --> 0:32:03.000 throwing Zach Martin all over the place. He was that 0:32:03.160 --> 0:32:05.360 guy creating pressure. And like I said a couple of 0:32:05.400 --> 0:32:08.400 weeks ago, for this defense to be the defense we 0:32:08.440 --> 0:32:10.880 think it's gonna be, it's gonna have to rely on 0:32:10.600 --> 0:32:13.320 that front and that defensive line, and we can't have 0:32:13.440 --> 0:32:16.040 as much as I like what Alden Smith has been 0:32:16.080 --> 0:32:19.280 doing these first couple of weeks. If this defense wants 0:32:19.280 --> 0:32:22.040 to be the top Nach defensive can be. We can't 0:32:22.040 --> 0:32:25.400 have Alden Smith being its premium pass rusher. We can't 0:32:25.400 --> 0:32:27.560 have that being the top pass rusher. We need the 0:32:27.640 --> 0:32:30.080 Marcus Lawrence to twenty one million dollars man. We need 0:32:30.120 --> 0:32:33.000 just got to generate some pass rush, whether it's you know, 0:32:33.240 --> 0:32:37.040 quarterback hurries, quarterback hits, you know, splash plays. We need 0:32:37.240 --> 0:32:40.080 something from him in order for this defense to reach 0:32:40.120 --> 0:32:43.520 the heights. It needs to. At the end of the day, 0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:45.800 when you take that kind of money, you just steak. 0:32:46.280 --> 0:32:48.440 Alden Smith is the mac and cheese. The mac and 0:32:48.520 --> 0:32:50.560 cheese can't be the overpowered part of the dinner. You 0:32:50.600 --> 0:32:52.880 want the steak to be the main attraction. And that's 0:32:52.880 --> 0:32:56.120 what take Hash to do. Your best players have to 0:32:56.120 --> 0:32:59.440 show up, and the Cowboys need him to do it. 0:33:00.080 --> 0:33:01.920 I know he's dealing with a knee injury. I don't 0:33:01.960 --> 0:33:03.800 even know if he'll play yet. I mean, that's still 0:33:03.840 --> 0:33:06.560 to be determined. Babe Lofelberg was watching the film. Babe 0:33:06.600 --> 0:33:09.640 Lotheenberg and the Cowboys Radio Network said the tank was 0:33:09.640 --> 0:33:11.920 out there on one leg and probably should have been pulled. 0:33:12.440 --> 0:33:16.120 So I don't know the extent of the knee injury, 0:33:15.640 --> 0:33:18.640 and if he's even gonna be there. But if he's 0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:20.680 not there and you have to go with Everson Griffin 0:33:20.840 --> 0:33:26.640 and Alden Smith, fine, so be it. But the message 0:33:26.640 --> 0:33:29.200 of what I'm saying in terms of Tank needing to 0:33:29.400 --> 0:33:32.320 deliver more, I said it all summer long, and I'm 0:33:32.320 --> 0:33:34.760 gonna keep saying it because it's fair. And I go 0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:37.600 back to Mary Cooper. You know you sat out there 0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:40.800 and you're like, well, nah, man, he's earning his part. 0:33:40.840 --> 0:33:44.360 He's doing his part, okay, especially when you think about 0:33:44.360 --> 0:33:47.480 the offensive line problems. He's doing his part. You take 0:33:47.520 --> 0:33:49.680 this back. I need you do your part. Ezekiel Ellick 0:33:49.800 --> 0:33:51.720 all right, came the highest paid runner back in the 0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:54.960 league last year, has been surpassed. But he's doing his part. 0:33:55.200 --> 0:33:57.640 So when you want this cash, I need you to perform. 0:33:58.040 --> 0:34:00.240 Dak Prescott's earn at thirty one point four mila dollars 0:34:00.320 --> 0:34:03.640 shoot through two games. Dak Prescott's doing his part. So 0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:05.760 when we're going down to listen, we're looking at guys, 0:34:06.520 --> 0:34:09.960 we need to also look at number ninety Tank launch 0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:11.560 because if the team is going to go where we 0:34:11.600 --> 0:34:14.400 want it to go, they need him there to do it. 0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:18.200 Got to take another break here, want to dive into 0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:22.680 Dak Prescott versus Russell Wilson. How does a guy? How 0:34:22.719 --> 0:34:27.000 do quarterbacks view matchups even though they're facing the defenses, 0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:29.200 but how do they view going up against another guy? 0:34:29.239 --> 0:34:31.400 I want to get Church's thoughts on this because he 0:34:31.440 --> 0:34:33.719 was a safety and he dealt against those quarterbacks and 0:34:33.760 --> 0:34:36.440 dealt with these guys and just their emotional feelings as 0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:38.600 they go and face the other top players. 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All right, I'm knew, he scrugs, 0:37:03.160 --> 0:37:06.000 long time Cowboys reporter joined by Barry Church, long time 0:37:06.080 --> 0:37:09.359 cow former Cowboys safety with the team for a number 0:37:09.360 --> 0:37:11.960 of years before he got that huge contract going down 0:37:11.960 --> 0:37:18.759 to Jackson. Because while you can't exactly, you must you 0:37:18.800 --> 0:37:21.720 get paid while you can. Because I was looking at 0:37:21.719 --> 0:37:24.880 our friend Byron Jones, who left to become the highest 0:37:24.880 --> 0:37:27.839 paid quarterback in NFL history of Miami. Think that lasted 0:37:27.880 --> 0:37:32.600 about two weeks, two weeks before Darry's flat. But he 0:37:32.680 --> 0:37:35.200 was hurt yesterday, he got hurt. Yes, I'm not yesterday 0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:37.680 he got hurt on there in the Dolphins last game 0:37:37.680 --> 0:37:39.440 and ended up leaving the field. I haven't checked to 0:37:39.480 --> 0:37:41.520 see what his status is, but to me, when I 0:37:41.560 --> 0:37:43.080 saw that, I said, man, that's why you go and 0:37:43.120 --> 0:37:46.720 get what you can now, because in this game, injuries 0:37:46.719 --> 0:37:49.240 are going to happen. There's a one hundred percent casualty 0:37:49.280 --> 0:37:51.880 rate in the NFL. Sooner or later you are gonna 0:37:51.880 --> 0:37:54.160 get hurt. So you got to take the advantage of 0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:56.480 these opportunities while you can. And I know Bill Belichick 0:37:56.560 --> 0:37:59.120 for years has made made his deliving off getting guys 0:37:59.120 --> 0:38:03.880 to take less paid. But yeah, no to ring that 0:38:03.960 --> 0:38:06.640 bell for the dollars. Go ring that bell and get 0:38:06.719 --> 0:38:11.920 your take it and run, take it and run, because 0:38:11.960 --> 0:38:14.560 we know in the NFL, when the team is done 0:38:14.560 --> 0:38:18.600 with you, they'll cut you. Oh, without a question, all 0:38:18.800 --> 0:38:25.000 day long, they cut you. Man, So without a second thought, 0:38:25.160 --> 0:38:28.319 you know he'll say, hey, he had ten less, ten 0:38:28.400 --> 0:38:31.040 less tackles, and he had the year before. He's over 0:38:31.120 --> 0:38:33.239 the age of thirty. It's time to go. That's why 0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:36.439 you gotta get your money as soon as you can. 0:38:36.560 --> 0:38:38.520 I don't care what anybody tells you. Talk about take 0:38:38.600 --> 0:38:41.040 less so the other team could get more players. Man, Look, 0:38:41.080 --> 0:38:43.000 the other players ain't paying your rent once you get 0:38:43.040 --> 0:38:44.719 out of the league, or air paying your bills. So 0:38:44.920 --> 0:38:48.400 get all the money you can, get all the duckets 0:38:48.400 --> 0:38:51.919 you can, and don't look back. All right, Speaking of money, 0:38:52.000 --> 0:38:55.719 Doc Prescott us got a one year deal, so it's 0:38:55.719 --> 0:38:58.160 thirty one million dollars on the franchise tag. The Cowboys 0:38:58.160 --> 0:38:59.880 can't tag him next year, and if they do, to me, 0:39:00.400 --> 0:39:03.160 the pay will be thirty seven million dollars. He's facing 0:39:03.280 --> 0:39:07.480 Russell Wilson on Sunday in Seattle. People don't talk about 0:39:07.480 --> 0:39:10.000 this enough in my opinion, but when the Cowboys went 0:39:10.080 --> 0:39:12.960 up against Sam the wild card game, Dak Prescott got 0:39:12.960 --> 0:39:17.000 his first and only victory as an NFL player against 0:39:17.320 --> 0:39:19.239 Russ and the Seahawks. It was a twenty four to 0:39:19.360 --> 0:39:23.000 twenty two game back in January twenty nineteen. So how 0:39:23.040 --> 0:39:26.960 do you think a quarterback like Dak Prescott weighs the 0:39:27.040 --> 0:39:30.759 opportunity to go up against Russell Wilson, who a lot 0:39:30.800 --> 0:39:33.080 of people right now are saying is the MVP of 0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:36.360 the league after two weeks. I mean, without a question 0:39:36.360 --> 0:39:38.200 in my mind, I mean he's gonna treat it like 0:39:38.239 --> 0:39:42.040 any other player would against the opposing team's position that 0:39:42.080 --> 0:39:43.640 has the same as is. I mean, he's gonna take 0:39:43.640 --> 0:39:46.319 it personally. I mean all those matchups you think, you know, 0:39:46.440 --> 0:39:50.719 Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning, Brett Farr versus Steve Young, 0:39:50.760 --> 0:39:52.640 you think all those matchups, you know, they didn't really 0:39:52.680 --> 0:39:55.400 mean anything personally to them, you know, I think otherwise. 0:39:55.520 --> 0:39:58.080 I think Dak Prescotts looking at this game like, hey, 0:39:58.080 --> 0:40:00.200 if I can go out there and I'll perform you know, 0:40:00.400 --> 0:40:03.200 Russell Wilson, people start clamoring me as you know, hey, 0:40:03.239 --> 0:40:05.600 maybe I got that MVP NAE coming my way. So 0:40:06.120 --> 0:40:08.880 for me, personally, I'm always looking at the other safeties. 0:40:08.880 --> 0:40:10.880 I'm always looking When I had to play against Seattle, 0:40:10.920 --> 0:40:12.640 let me see what camp. Let me try if if 0:40:12.680 --> 0:40:15.600 I can outperform Cam Chancellor or Earl Thomas, or if 0:40:15.600 --> 0:40:17.839 I'm playing against you know, somebody else who has a high, 0:40:17.920 --> 0:40:19.799 high price safety. Let me see if he's all that. 0:40:19.880 --> 0:40:21.560 Let me see if I can outplay him. So I 0:40:21.719 --> 0:40:25.560 guarantee you quarterback position is no different. They go out 0:40:25.560 --> 0:40:27.719 there and they compare numbers to each other. They sit 0:40:27.760 --> 0:40:30.920 there and say, oh, this guy through thirty touchdowns this 0:40:31.000 --> 0:40:33.799 year and I through thirty one, I must be better. So, I, 0:40:33.920 --> 0:40:36.480 without a question, think the quarterback position is no different 0:40:36.560 --> 0:40:39.120 from any other positions. They're always comparing themselves to the 0:40:39.160 --> 0:40:42.880 opposing team's position. So I think that takes his press 0:40:42.960 --> 0:40:45.480 personal and I think he's gonna get after Russell on 0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:50.640 this one. Players Lelenge brought to you by Hotels dot Com. 0:40:50.760 --> 0:40:54.000 Let me ask this question your former team that Jaguars 0:40:54.080 --> 0:40:58.560 are playing tonight on Thursday Night Football against the Miami Dolphins. 0:40:59.080 --> 0:41:02.400 DJ Chark is out for this football game with a 0:41:02.480 --> 0:41:08.240 chest injury, killing my fantasy team, So who wins. Look, 0:41:09.080 --> 0:41:11.920 I'm gonna be honest, man, I think Jacksonville pulls this 0:41:11.960 --> 0:41:16.600 one out. After watching their first two games, they Garden 0:41:16.640 --> 0:41:18.440 missed they got something to him down there. I mean, 0:41:18.600 --> 0:41:20.840 we all know, you know, early in the season, everybody 0:41:20.920 --> 0:41:22.680 was saying how they're taking you know, they got rid 0:41:22.719 --> 0:41:24.799 of a lot of their players, and then they got 0:41:24.880 --> 0:41:26.920 rid of Fournette, and you know, we're taking to get 0:41:26.960 --> 0:41:29.759 Trevor Lawrence. But I mean, I gotta give kudos to 0:41:30.360 --> 0:41:32.640 mince you down there. I mean, he's sitting there saying nah. 0:41:33.080 --> 0:41:35.279 He's been saying since the beginning of the season. Like like, no, 0:41:35.400 --> 0:41:37.680 we're not you know, we're not taking we're not giving 0:41:37.719 --> 0:41:39.600 anything up. We still believe in this season and we 0:41:39.640 --> 0:41:42.240 still believe in what we got. And he's been performing 0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:44.960 well these first two weeks. I mean the first game, 0:41:44.960 --> 0:41:47.359 I think he only missed one pass. So he's been 0:41:47.360 --> 0:41:49.839 doing great with what they have down there. They got 0:41:49.880 --> 0:41:51.920 a lot of receivers out there. DJ Chart is one 0:41:51.960 --> 0:41:54.919 of their main ones, but he's out this week, and unfortunately, 0:41:55.000 --> 0:41:57.319 I mean for you, but fortunately for me, that kind 0:41:57.320 --> 0:42:00.160 of helps because I have the young rookie from Colorado 0:42:00.600 --> 0:42:03.080 as his uh as my replacement for him on my 0:42:03.080 --> 0:42:08.080 fantasy team. But overall, man, yeah, yes, yes, indeedy, So overall, 0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:11.640 I think the Jaguars pulled one out. Defensively, they're nowhere 0:42:11.800 --> 0:42:14.880 near what they were years ago, back in twenty seventeen, 0:42:14.960 --> 0:42:17.440 but they still can put up a fight. And you know, 0:42:17.440 --> 0:42:19.839 I wouldn't be surprised if they, you know, railed off 0:42:19.840 --> 0:42:22.040 a couple and they might end up winning this AFC South, 0:42:22.160 --> 0:42:24.879 even though everybody looked at them thinking, oh, they're nothing, 0:42:24.920 --> 0:42:27.360 they're just a tank team. So I got Jacksonville and 0:42:27.360 --> 0:42:29.600 this one. Plus I don't see anything from Fitz Magic 0:42:29.640 --> 0:42:33.080 this week, Um maybe two, maybe two, we'll get an appearance, 0:42:33.120 --> 0:42:35.399 but we'll see. But overall got Jacksonville and this one 0:42:37.239 --> 0:42:44.360 not so fast. Okay. I know Ryan Fitzpatrick is skittish. Okay, 0:42:44.400 --> 0:42:50.719 I know he's skittish, but skittish Thursday night, Yes, I 0:42:50.800 --> 0:42:54.840 say skittish. First week wasn't good, but last week he 0:42:54.880 --> 0:42:59.720 was a good fitback play Jackson Booker. This isn't the Steelers, Okay, 0:43:00.040 --> 0:43:02.560 not the Steelers, you know. So, So I'm just gonna 0:43:02.600 --> 0:43:04.920 sit here and say I think I'm looking for a 0:43:04.960 --> 0:43:08.160 close game tonight. And I give a lot of credit 0:43:08.200 --> 0:43:11.600 to Jay Gruten how he's developed Minshew here, but Chan 0:43:11.719 --> 0:43:14.680 Gaily in the offense I thought improved last week. To me, 0:43:14.760 --> 0:43:17.960 I'm worried about the defensive side of football here for Miami. 0:43:18.040 --> 0:43:21.520 You know, how can these guys make make it uncomfortable 0:43:21.520 --> 0:43:25.279 for Minshew? Because the kids played well, He's got confidence here. 0:43:25.280 --> 0:43:28.840 But I just I think they're out both of their corners. 0:43:30.600 --> 0:43:35.440 They're out Xavian Howard, I believe and Byron Jones, Oh okay, 0:43:35.480 --> 0:43:43.719 my bad, go Jad you know, yeah, you'll believe in 0:43:43.760 --> 0:43:45.759 that that fits magic. You don't think he's gonna pull 0:43:45.840 --> 0:43:49.680 some uh, some Harvard you know lessons out there, somebody. 0:43:51.200 --> 0:43:52.920 I think they'll be able to find you, especially what 0:43:53.000 --> 0:43:54.520 he was doing with his tight en j ziki last week. 0:43:54.560 --> 0:43:56.080 I think they'll be able to score. But if you're 0:43:56.120 --> 0:43:59.200 if you're you have two corners out against against this team, 0:43:59.280 --> 0:44:00.880 Jay Gruten's going to find a way to get it 0:44:00.920 --> 0:44:04.440 out there. I really believe Jay Gruten. I don't think 0:44:04.480 --> 0:44:09.640 Jake Gruten gets enough credit for how he took Kirk Cousins. 0:44:09.719 --> 0:44:12.000 Remember now he bench Robert Griffin. Was like, look, this 0:44:12.120 --> 0:44:15.000 is not the guy. He convinced Daniel Snyder to bench 0:44:15.080 --> 0:44:19.120 Robert Griffin. They went with Kirk Cousins, and they won 0:44:19.239 --> 0:44:22.120 some games with Kirk Cousins, and Kirk Cousins got kaid. 0:44:22.760 --> 0:44:26.279 This was all Gruten's work. It's all Jay Gruten's work. 0:44:26.480 --> 0:44:30.520 I mean, he's taken some just dudes and been able 0:44:30.600 --> 0:44:33.000 to play well with him. And I'll tell you another 0:44:33.040 --> 0:44:35.000 thing that I don't believe people give Jay Gruten enough 0:44:35.040 --> 0:44:38.080 credit for. He had Sean McVay there. Sean was his 0:44:38.120 --> 0:44:43.280 offensive coordinator before he got the Rams job. Jay understands football. 0:44:43.400 --> 0:44:47.000 He had Andy Dalton in Cincinnati. They were making the playoffs, 0:44:47.040 --> 0:44:49.200 Andy been a super Bowl. So when it comes to 0:44:49.280 --> 0:44:51.960 just working with quarterbacks in offensive plays, I think Jake 0:44:52.000 --> 0:44:55.160 Gruten's good. I think Jay doesn't run the football enough. 0:44:55.400 --> 0:44:58.919 That's been my problem with Jay. But here in Jacksonville 0:44:59.040 --> 0:45:02.400 under Doug Marone, we are seeing them running football with 0:45:02.440 --> 0:45:06.440 that rookie who they said was a good player. They 0:45:06.560 --> 0:45:09.640 cut Leonard Fournette, and they're not missing Leonard Fournette at all. 0:45:09.680 --> 0:45:12.480 So I look at what they've done so far and 0:45:12.560 --> 0:45:16.080 I say a plus because I thought this Jacksonville team 0:45:16.120 --> 0:45:19.080 was going to be a straight dog this year. Yeah, 0:45:19.120 --> 0:45:21.160 you and me both, you know, And that was probably 0:45:21.200 --> 0:45:23.319 a little bit of me, just hayting. But I thought 0:45:23.360 --> 0:45:25.560 for sure they were going to be just dogs out there. 0:45:25.600 --> 0:45:28.200 They're gonna be in the in the Trevor Lawrence justin 0:45:28.280 --> 0:45:31.520 fields running for the draft. But like I said, that 0:45:31.560 --> 0:45:34.359 was probably me just hayting. But this team, like you said, 0:45:34.360 --> 0:45:37.200 they haven't missed a step without releasing all those players, 0:45:37.239 --> 0:45:39.440 I mean, and most importantly Fournette they let him go. 0:45:39.520 --> 0:45:41.080 And that rookie out there, I mean I saw him 0:45:41.120 --> 0:45:43.840 hurdling people week one. I mean, he looks pretty impressive. 0:45:43.880 --> 0:45:45.560 So I think they're doing it by kind of a 0:45:45.600 --> 0:45:48.840 running backback committee. But it's working so far, and the 0:45:48.880 --> 0:45:50.400 only thing, the only thing I can think of is 0:45:50.600 --> 0:45:53.719 can they he has been he's been extremely good and 0:45:53.800 --> 0:45:56.600 can they maintain it? Though? Can they maintain it throughout 0:45:56.920 --> 0:45:59.960 sixteen games? We shall see, But right now they got 0:46:00.160 --> 0:46:02.680 that momentum going and as they say, Minshew, magic is 0:46:02.680 --> 0:46:05.400 real down there in Jacksonville. Ok. Okay, I come and 0:46:05.440 --> 0:46:08.680 say this all year long. I think that's asking a 0:46:08.719 --> 0:46:11.759 bit much, especially if they get into the injury bug 0:46:11.800 --> 0:46:14.000 that other people do. But if this is a team 0:46:14.040 --> 0:46:17.359 that wins seven or eight games, I think they've got 0:46:17.360 --> 0:46:21.520 to give consideration to keeping Doug Morone because what started 0:46:21.560 --> 0:46:24.040 off as a foregoing conclusion. If this team is able 0:46:24.080 --> 0:46:27.400 to do that, and you're doing it here in COVID 0:46:28.360 --> 0:46:31.200 with all the issues that they've had here, I've got 0:46:31.200 --> 0:46:34.000 to say, if I'm shot, coun maybe the head coach 0:46:34.320 --> 0:46:37.560 isn't the issue. Maybe it's the guy who's picking the 0:46:37.600 --> 0:46:41.560 football players for your team, and oh yeah it called 0:46:41.560 --> 0:46:45.480 Well maybe that's the problem here. But yeah, because we 0:46:45.520 --> 0:46:47.920 got a long team, we got a long win. Yeah, 0:46:47.960 --> 0:46:49.719 this is true. This is true. Man, All he needs 0:46:49.760 --> 0:46:52.239 if he if he wins six games this year, I 0:46:52.239 --> 0:46:53.839 think it'll be a win and I think he'll keep 0:46:53.880 --> 0:46:56.080 his job, especially with all those players they let go 0:46:56.120 --> 0:46:58.279 these past a couple of years. I think if he 0:46:58.360 --> 0:47:00.600 just wins six, he'll be there. And I think Dave 0:47:00.640 --> 0:47:03.480 Coyle will might might be gone. But we shall see. 0:47:03.520 --> 0:47:04.759 Like you said, we got a long way to go. 0:47:06.280 --> 0:47:08.719 But and throw this out here to let's go look 0:47:08.719 --> 0:47:11.759 at Matt Patricia with the lines. That thing looks like 0:47:11.760 --> 0:47:14.440 a pure mess that's happening out there. Adam Gates with 0:47:14.480 --> 0:47:17.920 the Jets, they don't look like they have. You've at 0:47:18.000 --> 0:47:21.920 least said, okay, you're Gardner. Minshew's been developed. They got 0:47:22.000 --> 0:47:24.160 Darnald out there with New York, and Adam Gates, you know, 0:47:24.960 --> 0:47:29.280 parades himself around as a quarterback guru. I think Darnald's regressed. 0:47:29.400 --> 0:47:32.360 He doesn't look as good as he did at USC. 0:47:32.600 --> 0:47:36.120 So that's without a question now man. That so when 0:47:36.120 --> 0:47:38.520 I look at what Jacksonville's doing, I gotta tip in 0:47:38.560 --> 0:47:40.839 my hand and said, you know, guys, so far, so good. 0:47:40.920 --> 0:47:43.360 Let's see how far it goes here, man, time flies 0:47:43.400 --> 0:47:48.359 when you're having fun. Church. That's let's get into our 0:47:48.480 --> 0:47:53.480 predictions for the Seahawks Cowboys game tomorrow. You and I 0:47:53.600 --> 0:47:55.960 both had the Cowboys winning. You were on point where 0:47:55.960 --> 0:47:58.000 your point totals. You had him up in the thirties. 0:47:58.280 --> 0:48:00.600 I had it in the twins. So we'll get our 0:48:00.600 --> 0:48:02.839 predictions out there and see where we go. And we'll 0:48:02.880 --> 0:48:05.239 have to just text Danny and get his prediction. He 0:48:05.400 --> 0:48:07.680 was long last week picking Atlanta, so we'll at least 0:48:07.680 --> 0:48:10.520 get Danny's prediction and we'll keep our tally here as 0:48:10.560 --> 0:48:13.360 we go through this season. Here right now, you and 0:48:13.400 --> 0:48:15.200 I are both one and one because we had the 0:48:15.280 --> 0:48:18.560 Cowboys beating the ram So we're one and one, uh 0:48:18.640 --> 0:48:21.480 Danny O and two? So there we there we go. 0:48:23.040 --> 0:48:28.200 This has brought to you by Hotels dot Com. He's 0:48:28.239 --> 0:48:30.400 buried Church, I'm new skirts. We'll talk to you tomorrow 0:48:30.480 --> 0:48:34.120 two thirty pm Central Time right here on Dallas Cowboys 0:48:34.120 --> 0:48:37.640 dot Coy Radio. This has been a production of Dallas 0:48:37.640 --> 0:48:40.800 Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.